Rune Farming - Ettin exploitation
Age
How is ettin farming going anyway as i could use a few more sups that i would prefer not to buy from the vendor?Those are some great build keep up the good work save some for me.
Mato The Man
Is that possible to make with normal max dmg sword and droks plate armour?
dont feel no pain
comparing a normal clean max dmg sword to a perfect sword isn't all that much , just more dmg but its ok
and drokes plate is 95 armor vs pshycial so thats ok too
and drokes plate is 95 armor vs pshycial so thats ok too
vancha
What bothers me is that ppl buy swords with 15^50 and all that stuff for tonns of gold.And dont customize it, incase they want to sell them later 
A customized sword has got 20% alll the time so my tip is to buy a cheap sword and customize it
works much better
A customized sword has got 20% alll the time so my tip is to buy a cheap sword and customize it
works much better
dont feel no pain
nah I've found most of my weapons , i got about 6 swords with different mods, no 15^50 but i do have 15% (stance) and (enchanted) and i got different pomeels on each, 15%^50 i find quite lame and too expensive , all of mine are customized and i only payed for one which was 15k, same goes for my axes.
sh4ft3d
^ hehehe... I accidently sold my favorite axe. 15% stance.... I was so mad. To a merchant. (they will DIE!!!)
Rhuobhe
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Originally Posted by dont feel no pain
15%^50 i find quite lame and too expensive
Lame? Thats up for debate.
Expensive? Nah :P
Expensive? Nah :P
dont feel no pain
LOL ^^
IS kinda lame in some ways.... overratted compared to 15% -5 energy
and when you've got builds with constant stance or enchanted you mayaswell use one of those.
IS kinda lame in some ways.... overratted compared to 15% -5 energy
and when you've got builds with constant stance or enchanted you mayaswell use one of those.
BakedMonkey
must i say that "LONG" Sword has an extremely SHORT blade =D haha i use it too =p with a zealous hilt and defense pommel woot woot
Young Hero
Someone need a Long Sword?
dont feel no pain
yeah i got 2 of those , both with +5 armor and one has a zealous hilt and the other furious
lol why you got so many , they're not hard to get
theres another collector for bleached carapaces too , i do rockshot runs when im bored , never thought of selliong these swords O_O
lol why you got so many , they're not hard to get
theres another collector for bleached carapaces too , i do rockshot runs when im bored , never thought of selliong these swords O_O
Young Hero
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Originally Posted by dont feel no pain
yeah i got 2 of those , both with +5 armor and one has a zealous hilt and the other furious
lol why you got so many , they're not hard to get
theres another collector for bleached carapaces too , i do rockshot runs when im bored , never thought of selliong these swords O_O 1 carapace is worth 25g
Bleached carapaces-5x25=125g at trader
1 troll tusk is worth 8g
Troll Tusks-5x8=40g at trader or you take the 5 and trade for any of 4 items that are worth 125g each.
44 empty slots +225 troll tusks =5625g for a short run.Ever notice people spamming WTB all your tusks 15g each?
Sorry for going of topic but I think your ? has been answered
lol why you got so many , they're not hard to get
theres another collector for bleached carapaces too , i do rockshot runs when im bored , never thought of selliong these swords O_O 1 carapace is worth 25g
Bleached carapaces-5x25=125g at trader
1 troll tusk is worth 8g
Troll Tusks-5x8=40g at trader or you take the 5 and trade for any of 4 items that are worth 125g each.
44 empty slots +225 troll tusks =5625g for a short run.Ever notice people spamming WTB all your tusks 15g each?
Sorry for going of topic but I think your ? has been answered
Faer
I'm not even going to hit you guys with technical data. I have plenty of notes on my desk (for comparisons, equipment data, etc.) but it's not really needed...
Slapped the build together. Had to spend 2 plat on skills.
Went out, killed the first group of Ettins.
Superior Absorption and Minor Fire, plus miscelanious materials.
I'm happy with it
This means that Ettins are not nerfed, for one. And, I must say, this build works quite well... I may tweak it a bit, or maybe even combine it somehow with dont feel no pain's Hydra farming build (still love that by the way).
Excellent job with this, Amsterdam.
Slapped the build together. Had to spend 2 plat on skills.
Went out, killed the first group of Ettins.
Superior Absorption and Minor Fire, plus miscelanious materials.
I'm happy with it
This means that Ettins are not nerfed, for one. And, I must say, this build works quite well... I may tweak it a bit, or maybe even combine it somehow with dont feel no pain's Hydra farming build (still love that by the way).
Excellent job with this, Amsterdam.
couto_607
i used the regular build, W/Mo and i got:
major energy storage
major vigor
major blood magic
major death magic
major hammer mastery
minor vigor(x2)
minor strength
i recommend this type of farming it is quick money.
major energy storage
major vigor
major blood magic
major death magic
major hammer mastery
minor vigor(x2)
minor strength
i recommend this type of farming it is quick money.
bl1nk6
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Originally Posted by MrGuru101
You're pretty lucky. I used to do ettin runs hoping to find sup vig and absorbtion but I usually found 1 purple every 1-2 runs and 1 gold every5-6 runs. It got tedious and boring. I might try to start back up again, maybe my luck will change.
i'm having the same problem.
except for the fact on my first run today i got a sup. vigor!
except for the fact on my first run today i got a sup. vigor!
lambda the great
That happend to me too, then I ran the Great northern wall and started farming ettin with my build and I get about 1-2 White pauldrons every 2-3 runs now.
karunpav
Well, after about 10-20 runs today, my spoils of war were:
1. Superior Healing rune
2. Endless piles of crap.
I think ANet just hates me.
1. Superior Healing rune
2. Endless piles of crap.
I think ANet just hates me.
couto_607
i got 3 sup runes in 1 run:
sup divine favor
sup air magic
sup hammer mastery
sup vigor
I love this farming
sup divine favor
sup air magic
sup hammer mastery
sup vigor
I love this farming
Lando Griffen
Ettins have been very profitable for me. The first few days I tried it I got 4 superior vigors and a ton of monk runes. I still occasionally get that kind of stuff, but I have to be really bored to farm ettins. As for speed, I think the sword build is a lot faster, but I like the axe build better for some reason.
Tiela
Yesterday I tried Ettins with a zealous sword (with +15^50 and armor +5).
Using this sword combined with Flurry and hundred blades (+ 4 adre skills wich I think everybody knows ) is just amazing, I advise you to try this if you can. Exept the fact that Ettins don't love me anymore (I didn't drop anything good in my 3 or 4 last run) this built kills them very quickly !
Using this sword combined with Flurry and hundred blades (+ 4 adre skills wich I think everybody knows
) is just amazing, I advise you to try this if you can. Exept the fact that Ettins don't love me anymore (I didn't drop anything good in my 3 or 4 last run) this built kills them very quickly !
MrMiyagi
For all those out there wondering if ettin farming is worth doing, check out this picture. All these were from farming for 1 hour. Total sell price was around 20k. Not to mention the black dye. 
Tiela
Good drops...
The question is (I'll take my situation for exemple) : does your chance comes back after a while or do you have to stop farming this place and do something else with your caracter and then come back after a while...?
The question is (I'll take my situation for exemple) : does your chance comes back after a while or do you have to stop farming this place and do something else with your caracter and then come back after a while...?
Shika Xblade
Back before Khephet, i used to do griffons for money when we didnt have favor. My question is, im wondering if i can use relatively the same build on ettins:
bonettis
cyclone
Executioners
Glad Defence {e}
Vig Spirit
Zealots Fire
Live Vicariously
Balthazars Spirit
Not sure of points, but i had 12 axe, 6 smite, vs and lv were at 7 points per hit, and the rest into tactics. This depends on dmg from Glads, Cyclone and Zealots every time u recast vs. feedback please!
bonettis
cyclone
Executioners
Glad Defence {e}
Vig Spirit
Zealots Fire
Live Vicariously
Balthazars Spirit
Not sure of points, but i had 12 axe, 6 smite, vs and lv were at 7 points per hit, and the rest into tactics. This depends on dmg from Glads, Cyclone and Zealots every time u recast vs. feedback please!
Young Hero
WTF, never seen a purple id as a Superior?
Otay just got another?
Otay just got another?
axe
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Originally Posted by MrMiyagi
For all those out there wondering if ettin farming is worth doing, check out this picture. All these were from farming for 1 hour. Total sell price was around 20k. Not to mention the black dye.
Just so you know, dont do screenshots like that. I did that once, ONCE with a black dye, 3 gold armors, 4 golds (one was a req 7 wingblade max) and some purples on this ridiculously lucky run I was having. I dumped them, took a screenie and went to pick up my loot, but the game was frozen. After 5 min. of waiting it errored out on me, we'll never know what those were
Just take the screenie of your inventory and dont let the unthinkable happen to you.
Just so you know, dont do screenshots like that. I did that once, ONCE with a black dye, 3 gold armors, 4 golds (one was a req 7 wingblade max) and some purples on this ridiculously lucky run I was having. I dumped them, took a screenie and went to pick up my loot, but the game was frozen. After 5 min. of waiting it errored out on me, we'll never know what those were Just take the screenie of your inventory and dont let the unthinkable happen to you.
fallot
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Originally Posted by Young Hero
WTF, never seen a purple id as a Superior?
It seems like an unannounced change with the update today. Purple armors can now be major or superior and gold armors are always superior (this is second hand info from my guildies so I apologise in advance if its incorrect).
Chris1986
Wow I figured they'd nerf this, not make it better.
*sets up Ettin build*
*sets up Ettin build*
dont feel no pain
Apperently gold armors are 100% chance to get supirior runes now
now i can go back and farm my gold armor farming spot(not ettins), usualy get 3-5 in each 10 minite run ^^, thing was i never got suprior runes......., i remember i had about 32 of them after about 2 hours of farming.....then i kinda identified...few major absorbtions and vigor, not much worth anything lol.
but now bwahahahahahahah!!!!!!!
all im saying hehehe
now i can go back and farm my gold armor farming spot(not ettins
), usualy get 3-5 in each 10 minite run ^^, thing was i never got suprior runes......., i remember i had about 32 of them after about 2 hours of farming.....then i kinda identified...few major absorbtions and vigor, not much worth anything lol.but now bwahahahahahahah!!!!!!!
all im saying hehehe
A Perfect Slayer
Wow, this is great...i got blue pauldrons identified as major runes and purple identified to superior runes today. Hope its true that all the gold pauldrons are superior now.
I had never ever gotten a sup absorption in 3 monts playing this game and 1 month straight farming these damn ettins and today i got 2 sup absorptions in 10 minutes Let me tell ya i was pretty happy but i seen that the merchant price has gone down to 41k (last time i checked)
I had never ever gotten a sup absorption in 3 monts playing this game and 1 month straight farming these damn ettins and today i got 2 sup absorptions in 10 minutes
Let me tell ya i was pretty happy but i seen that the merchant price has gone down to 41k (last time i checked)
couto_607
i got 4 sup runes 2day b4 the update. Its hard to get runes now Nerfed!
Nerfed!
conches
Firstly heh yes firstly...unless your a complete chari potatoe or jsut really really lucky ettins never drop good i have only ever got one superior rune from the golds they drop and it was superior inspiration, so i suggest not farmign them, but if u want u can use the build i was using
12 sword 12 sword
8 heal 8 heal
Rest in strgth or rest in tactics then strgth
savage slash
Galrath slash
sever artery
gash
Final thrust
Mending
Heal breeze (shoudlnt have any energy problems if u do use healing signet) (if u use tactics do healing signet here)
Sprint or Dolyak (killing stuff in way or running)
heh yes firstly...unless your a complete chari potatoe or jsut really really lucky ettins never drop good i have only ever got one superior rune from the golds they drop and it was superior inspiration, so i suggest not farmign them, but if u want u can use the build i was using12 sword 12 sword
8 heal 8 heal
Rest in strgth or rest in tactics then strgth
savage slash
Galrath slash
sever artery
gash
Final thrust
Mending
Heal breeze (shoudlnt have any energy problems if u do use healing signet) (if u use tactics do healing signet here)
Sprint or Dolyak (killing stuff in way or running)
conches
oo sorry should have read, so now all golds are superiors...sure ill farm some etitns now but i bet it will still only be like sup mesmer runes
conches
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Originally Posted by Shika Xblade
Back before Khephet, i used to do griffons for money when we didnt have favor. My question is, im wondering if i can use relatively the same build on ettins:
bonettis
cyclone
Executioners
Glad Defence {e}
Vig Spirit
Zealots Fire
Live Vicariously
Balthazars Spirit
Not sure of points, but i had 12 axe, 6 smite, vs and lv were at 7 points per hit, and the rest into tactics. This depends on dmg from Glads, Cyclone and Zealots every time u recast vs. feedback please! No you may not mostly because ettins knock you down whenevr you block theyre irrsistable which hey spam whenevr they can
bonettis
cyclone
Executioners
Glad Defence {e}
Vig Spirit
Zealots Fire
Live Vicariously
Balthazars Spirit
Not sure of points, but i had 12 axe, 6 smite, vs and lv were at 7 points per hit, and the rest into tactics. This depends on dmg from Glads, Cyclone and Zealots every time u recast vs. feedback please! No you may not
mostly because ettins knock you down whenevr you block theyre irrsistable which hey spam whenevr they can
Lando Griffen
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Originally posted by dont feel no painnow i can go back and farm my gold armor farming spot now they'll probably be all purple though
XeNoGeArZ
No I don't think so - GOLD armor can still be MAJOR runes. I got a GOLD MAJOR Hammer Mastery from the Ettins today. The majority are still 25g runes, but I was able to unlock quite a bit of SUPERIOR runes today.
Evilsod
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris1986
Wow I figured they'd nerf this, not make it better.
*sets up Ettin build* Woot, now those gold armours contain somet thats at least RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing superior!
Its a shame all the runes arent worth a thing anymore now. Sup vigours dropped to 20kish, absorptions are less than 50k (european), guess they'll keep falling like the monk runes...
*sets up Ettin build* Woot, now those gold armours contain somet thats at least RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing superior!
Its a shame all the runes arent worth a thing anymore now. Sup vigours dropped to 20kish, absorptions are less than 50k (european), guess they'll keep falling like the monk runes...
conches
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i was gonna get rich !!!!!
Mournblade
Last night was mesmer rune night for me. I id'd 6 gold and 13 purple runes. All the gold runes were mesmer. They all went to the merchant except for a major vigor. :\
Shika Xblade
NOT ALL RARES ARE SUPERIOR!!! Its just a rumor. I got a rare yesterday that turned out MAJOR Air Magic(which is funny cuz right after that i found a purple Air Magic). This isnt right. Although, out of all the other (6) golds i got yesterday i got a Sup Energy Storage, Sup Blood Magic, and SUP ABSORPTION!!!.....too bad they're down to FORTY-K NOW!!!! DANG ITT!!!!
Anyway, yeah. Not all rares are sup...
Anyway, yeah. Not all rares are sup...
Yukito Kunisaki
Time to make a spiteful spirit axe warrior! lol